Sled



June 24 1924. 1,499,299

L. G. HATOSY ET AL vSLED Filed may 2o, 1922 9 t l v Ml f la w/l/vfssfs l l I n 1min/waas MW 27M l or ATTORNEYSv Patented June 24, 1924.

UNITED STATES y1,499,2e9 Par/ENTl OFFICE. i

LOUIS G. HATOSY, OF NEW YORK, .AND FERDINAND HTOSY AND EDWARD VITZ,

OFUOBONA, NEW YORK.

SLED.

Application filed May 20, 1922,. Serial No. 562,340.

T all w/Lom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, LoUrsG. HA'rosY, FERDINAND R. HA'rosY, and EDWARD Vlrz, citizens of the United States of America,

and residents, respectively, of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx, in the county of Bronx and State of New York;

Corona, Flushing, in the county of QueensV and State of New York, and Corona, Flushing, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented` a new and Improved Sled, of 'which the following is a description.

Our invention relates tok sleds and more particularly to a sled having the top or seat yieldingly supported.

The general object of the invention is to provide. a novel and edective arrangement of spring means to yieldingly sustain the top or seat of the sled and to provide in connection therewith auxiliary bumpers to absorb the shock when suiiiciently severe to overcome the resiliency of the springs.

The invention furthermore has for its ob ject to improve sleds in various particulars with respect to the general construction and arrangement of the yieldingly supported parts relatively to the xed supporting structure.

More specifically, the invention has for objects'to provide effective guards for the springs and bumpers and to provide a simu ple and 'durable construction that may be cheaply produced and assembled with facility.

Reference is to be had to the accompany-v ing drawings, it being understood that the drawings are merely illustrative of one ex.- ample of the invention. Y

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a sled embodying our invention; I

Figure 2 is an enlarged transverse vertical section as indicated by the line 2-2, Figure 3; f

Figure 3 is a fragmentary longitudinal vertical section as indicate by kthe line 3 3 of Figure 2.

In carrying out our invention in accordance with the illustrated example we provide runners 10 secured to which are front and rear metal knees 11, the knees at opposite sides being united by an arched cross bar 12, the ends of which are in the form of brackets 14 secured to the knees 1l by a suitable. means as for example by rivets 13,.

Springs 15 are provided looped intermediate their length and presenting upper and lower arms, the lower arm being secured in thepresent example to the upper surface of the brackets 14 and the upper arms of said springs `being suitably secured to the under side of a cross piece or cleat 16 on the under side of the seat or top 17 of the sled.

Side members 18 depend from the side edges of the seat or top 17 and extend downwardly outside of the runners 10 and outside the planes of the knees 11. On the sides 18 are held longitudinally disposed hand rails 19 spaced from the outer surface of the membersy 18 by end brackets 18a in lwhich said rails are held. The knees 11 rise above the brackets 1.4 and to the front and rear ends at each side. of the sled at the top we secure longitudinal bars 20. Thus,-

each side bar 20 extends between two knees 11 and preferably said bars 2O are continued beyond the front knees 11 to a 4connection with the respective runners 10 at the curved upper ends of the latter as at 22. Y

Any suitable connection may be provided between the forward ends of the runners 10 or any approved arrangement of steering gear may be employed, there being indicated in the present instance a connecting cross bar or rung 23 between said up-curved ends of the runners.

On the side bars 20 beneath each clea-t or strip 16 we provide rubber bumpers 21.

With the described arrangement the seat or top 17 when the sled is in use is free to yield vertically relatively to the fixed structure, the side members-18 rising and falling with said seat. The springs 15 yield to ordinary shocks and the said springs absorb the shocks or vibrations caused by an uneven roadway. In the case of a vsevereJ shock should the springs 15 be stressed to an extreme degree, the strips 16 will contact with the bumpers 21 constituting auxiliary shock 2. As a new article of manufacture, a, sled including a fixed structure having runners and presenting longitudinal side bars, springs supported on said fixed structure laterally inward from said side bars, and a top yieldingly supported on said springs, said top having depending means outside of said side bars, forming guards and clos- 20 ures outside of the springs.

LOUIS G. HATOSY. FERDINAND R. HATOSY. EDWARD 'VITZ 

